There was palpable tension in Ago Palace Way, Okota in Lagos state as residents stormed the streets to protest the death of four passengers including a pregnant woman and her two children who died in a tragic accident allegedly caused by police officers and LASTMA officials. Narrating how the incident happened, a Nigerian man with…
The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has issued an order to Nigerians. He urged Nigerians to report any police officer seen searching the phone of a passenger or anybody. Adejobi stated this on his Twitter page. According to the Force PRO, searching through people’s phones is unprofessional, so any officer caught…
The judge tagged the act to be an “unforgivable behaviour”. A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeda has sentenced a man, identified as Ifeanyi Ndieze, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a four-year-old while in church. According to reports, Justice Abiola Soladoye, who was the judge at the court, held that prosecution sufficiently…
The musician’s death still lives fresh in the memories of many Nigerians. Mrs Funmi Falana, who is counsel to MohBad’s family, on Friday expressed confidence that justice would be served concerning the death of MohBad. Falana, who is the wife of popular activist, Femi Falana (SAN), gave this assurance at the Ikorodu Magistrates Court, which…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted over four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol during interdiction operations in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Jigawa, Kaduna, Sokoto and Edo states. According to the NDLEA, no fewer…
The Lagos state commissioner of police, Idowu Owohunwa has assured Nigerians that they will get results of investigations concerning Mohbad’s death in two weeks time. Idowu made this assurance when actress Iyabo Ojo and other Nollywood stars visited his office to demand justice for the late singer Mohbad and the mentally unstable DJ Splash who were both under…
The Nigeria Police Force formed a special team to investigate the circumstances surrounding the demise of the singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, widely known as Mohbad. This is said to be in accordance with the directive of the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, and the Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa. The police…
A leaked audio tape of the conversation between Samuel Larry and an unknown person has surfaced online days after the death of Nigerian singer, Mohbad. Recall that the Nigerian singer was pronounced dead on September 12. Regarding his death, numerous rumors circulated, including one claiming that he had visited a hospital earlier in the day and was injected due…
The suspects would be charged to court once investigation is complete. The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 13 suspected kidnappers and killed four in the last one month. This was disclosed by the command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, ASP Nasir Hassan at a news conference in Kaduna on Thursday. According to him, the suspects…
A man has been found innocent and released from prison after spending 47 years in jail for a r3pe he didn’t commit. Leonard Mack, 72, was exonerated after new DNA testing excluded him as the perpetrator. After 47 years, a New York man has been exonerated after new DNA testing conclusively excluded him as the…
Kadiri Akeem, a lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), was detained by police officers in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 20-year-old student. When the victim went to Dr. Babalola’s office to address problems with her results, she accused the associate professor of botany of committing the crime. The girl said that Babalola, the lecturer raped her on…
The family of a 30-year-old county chief officer, Rahab Karisa, have been left bereaved after she was allegedly stabbed to death by her house help after a disagreement in Mnarani, Kilifi county in Kenya. Karisa, who until her demise was the chief officer for Fisheries and Blue Economy, was found dead in her room on…
The estranged governor believes he his being held against his fundamental rights. Suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has resorted to legal measures to challenge his detention by the Department of State Services (DSS). In a plea submitted on Tuesday to the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Emefiele seeks the…
They are charged with a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary and stealing. On Monday, 19th of June, 2023, two security guards were docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burgling a shop and stealing. The defendants, however, whose names are Isha Jibril, 26 and Abubakar Ali, 24 have pleaded not guilty to the three-count…
Mr Abdulkarim Chukkol has been appointed as Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) just hours after President Bola Tinubu suspended Executive Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa. Remember that, following serious allegations of abuse of office levelled against him, Bawa was suspended on Wednesday and ordered to immediately hand over the affairs of his…
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s (EFCC) suspended Chairman, has been invited by the Department of State Services (DSS). This was stated in a press release from the DSS that was signed by Peter Afunanya. According to Mr. Afunanya, Mr. Bawa arrived at the DSS Headquarters in Abuja just a few hours ago….
The arrested trafficker also disclosed that the girls were already pregnant before they came to her. Akudo Azoroh, a woman arrested for allegedly running a baby factory in Rivers State has confessed to the Police that she sells the children between N1.4M and N1.5M, depending on the gender of the child. According to reports, operatives…
The agency also pleaded with members of the public to report drug-related activities as there would be no hiding place for perpetrators. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 85 drug suspects from a nightclub in Kano on Monday. In a statement issued by the agency’s commander of the state on Tuesday, Abubakar…
The afrobeats star his being interrogated at the Lagos State Central Intelligence Department in Panti. Seun Kuti, youngest son of Afrobeats legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, has turned himself in to the Police, two days after he assaulted a police officer. The Afrobeats star was accompanied by his lawyer, Femi Falana and a family representative. Recall…
The arrest of a Nigerian fraudster has brought him to face the consequences of his actions, as he stands accused of duping individuals from 13 different countries. In the trial of Eze Harrison Arinze, the first prosecution witness revealed to Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja how Arinze managed to…
